Harry Potter 10 Unpopular Opinions About Severus Snape (According To Reddit)

Harry Potter: 10 Unpopular Opinions About Severus Snape (According To Reddit)

Severus Snape is one of the most complex characters in all of Harry Potter history, so it lines up that there are unpopular views about him online.

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Severus Snape is one of the most divisive characters in the Harry Potter saga. A large portion of the fandom finds his vindictive nature unforgivable but there are also those who consider him the series’ anti-hero. For each of these polarized views, whoever supports the other half would be considered to have a controversial opinion.

Reddit, however, also has opinions that are a little off the beaten track and that are unpopular purely because others haven’t thought along those lines at all. It makes for some truly surprising takes about the intriguing character.

Snape Might Have Wished That Voldemort Killed Baby Neville

Reddit user White_Wolf_Dreamer wonders if Snape wished that Neville had been the Chosen One, instead of Lily Potter’s son. But that, the user points out, would in effect, “mean that Snape wishes Voldemort had killed Neville and his family,” which wasn’t very redeemable a quality at all.

This is unpopular because even though Snape did bully Neville to the extent that the boy feared him the most, there was never any indication that the fearsome professor wished such a terrible fate on the nervous kid and his family. Snape’s behavior implied that he enjoyed driving fear into his students and while this certainly wasn’t a great trait to have, it didn’t mean that he wished Neville dead.

Snape Didn’t Deserve Forgiveness

Reddit user, qthy, feels that there were several reasons Severus Snape on Harry Potter didn’t deserve redemption, one of them being that he was responsible for the tragedies in Harry’s life. “He single handedly got his father MURDERED,” rants the user.

For those who consider the ultimate twist in Snape’s tale to be enough reason to forgive him, this is unpopular indeed. For the bulk of the fandom, Snape was brave and heroic and showed great strength of character, acting as a double agent and risking his life every day for a boy he loathed but whose mother he had loved. For these fans, Snape was complicated but long forgiven.

Snape: An Obsessive, Pathetic & Creepy Stalker

Snape, for those who choose to see only his dark side, is berated for obsessing over someone who didn’t love him back. Redditor kerrimustkill thinks that he was nothing but “obsessive and pathetic and ultimately more about his guilt,” and as a creepy stalker, the Redditor feels he got what he deserved.

This goes against the grain of millions of fans who have romanticized Snape’s feelings for Lily. What the surly professor felt for his childhood friend, probably the only real friend he ever had, was a deep love, and of course, he felt responsible for her death, as he was the one who had informed the Dark Lord about the prophecy. However, to consider Snape an obsessive stalker just because he had loved the one person his entire life might seem like a bit much for a large part of the fandom. It wasn’t as if he followed her around for years.

He Didn’t Contribute More Than Everyone Else

Highlighting Snape’s sacrifices “is a bit insulting to everyone else” who always chose the right side and battled evil, opines svargs01. For this fan, the honor of having Harry’s son named after him was too much, since his contributions weren’t more than say, Sirius’.

For those fans who loved the big reveal about Snape, this opinion would court controversies. After all, Snape had placed himself in danger every day since Voldemort’s return to keep Harry safe. He hated that the boy so closely resembled James Potter, someone he had grown up loathing, but all these together made his contributions in Harry’s life all the more significant.

Severus Snape Could Be Harry’s Father

An offbeat idea on Reddit is presented by this user whose account has since been deleted. The user suggests that Snape could well have been Harry’s father. As an example, the user points out that the whole of the sixth book, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, is spent by Harry “relating to and identifying with the Half-Blood Prince,” which could have been a hint at their true relationship.

However, as other users soon point out, Harry’s resemblance to James is harped on time and again, thus leaving very little scope to even think that he might have been Snape’s kid. But it never hurts to let the imagination soar a little.

Dumbledore Is More Morally Grey Than Snape

Redditor london_smog_latte states that Snape was not just mean but positively “petty and vindictive” in a lot of ways. In fact, the user goes as far as to say that if one had to look at interesting layered characters, they should look at Dumbledore, and not Snape who was out and out evil.

One would, of course, agree that Dumbledore was morally grey but most fans feel that Snape was a better written character than Dumbledore. The depth of his contradictions and the way his backstory made him evolve into who he became made fans empathize with him more than they ever could with Dumbledore. Thus, although Snape’s worst mistakes changed everything for Harry Potter, they only made him powerful as a character.

How Snape Is Seen Depends On Readership

In an interesting and rather unusual take, nuthins_goodman points out that how Snape is interpreted as a character depends on the readers. For the generation that grew up with the books, Snape had a different connotation altogether and those who read the books today see him in a different light with changing times. Moreover, the user feels that “Most of the time, the people are not discussing the character as it was in the books, but a caricature thereof…”

The main reason this perspective is unpopular is that it hasn’t really been entertained before. However, changing times and discourses on characters throws light on them in different ways–that is true of all literary characters, not just Severus Snape.

Snape Was A Hero But Not For Being A Good Person

Redditor Bethinggoodspirit has a very astute observation to make about why Snape should not be considered a hero because he was a good man, because he wasn’t. But as the user remarks, “You don’t need to be a good person to be considered a hero.” It was the fact that he took on the phenomenally dangerous task of deceiving Voldemort himself that made him heroic, and not his personality.

Once again, this perspective is unpopular because it sees Snape for the complex, layered, utterly human character that he is, instead of getting carried away with what is good and what is evil, an approach that seems to color the general trend of opinions. Snape was the bravest of the Slytherins in the entire Harry Potter series, but he wasn’t necessarily a pleasant person.

Snape Wasn’t The Only One With Selfish Motives

Reddit user dreamersmusings takes issue with fans who criticize Snape for helping Harry purely because of his unrequited feelings for Lily, and his need for atonement. The user reminds everyone that Snape wasn’t the only one with ulterior motives. After all, Harry himself fought the Dark Lord “primarily because Voldemort was a threat to him personally and because he killed his parents.”

It is true that the entire foundation for Harry’s conflict with Voldemort was rooted in his own tragic past. But as the millions of Potterheads would agree, Harry was inherently good and wanted to save his friends as he became more and more drawn into the fight. Of course, Snape had made one of the biggest sacrifices one could make in the final part, but a lot of fans feel that his actions were driven by his love for Lily Potter until the very last.

Snape’s Best Quote Is Not ‘Always’

Finally, here is user superciliouscreek who goes against every opinion by stating that Severus Snape’s best quote in the entire Harry Potter series is not “always” as fans widely love to believe. Instead, they went with this quote that appeared in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, “‘Lately, only those whom I could not save.’” The dialogue was delivered by Snape during his conversation with Dumbledore when the latter asked him how many witches and wizards he had watched dying.

One of the most beloved lines, nay words, spoken by Snape comes towards the end when he declares his undying love for Lily to Dumbledore by casting his doe Patronus. “Always” went on to be as iconic as the series itself and although there are many other meaningful lines in the series, whether Snape’s or not, “Always” will remain iconic, always.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-severus-snape-unpopar-reddit-opinions/

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